Features include name-and-password log-in support, file and directory caching for quick access, firewall and proxy-server support, and UNIX file attribute support.

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Mr Taylor argued that the Pirate Party UK's arguments to support the proxy were a "complete red herring".

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They position activist investors to assert control by demanding board seats, marshalling shareholder support for reforms, and launching or threatening a proxy contest before management can catch its breath.

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But Alterman also fears that an Iraq left without U.S. support could turn into a center for international terrorism and a proxy battlefield for regional powers like Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia.

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Pirate Party UK - which is not affiliated with The Pirate Bay - said it created the proxy website as an act of "freedom of expression" and to support "the right to share information and ideas without interference and that censorship is never the right answer".

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While the number of these proposals reaching proxy ballots is low, or less than five per year since 2005, shareholder support is relatively strong.

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